Farmweld Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Saw this one on the local eucalypt site Looks like someone did an interesting repair job a while ago Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireInTheForge02 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 yeah i saw that one... i would contact the seller, ask him/her to do some tests with it. Ask them if they have forged on it or anything, if the rebound is any good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 It looks like it was done many years ago. I am sure that although not perfect, it must have worked. If it was in the states, I would buy it to to show how to do a make-do repair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 That's a beauty! I don't think you can get a better anvil repair than that. Masterful job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 It's "RIVETING"!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Frog Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 That is an incredibly cool piece!You would never see something like that tried now...How big is the anvil?I see the number "3" in the middle position of the stone weight.I don't have a reference as far as the stump size it is sitting on, but sure makes the stump look small.The bigger the anvil is, the more cool that rivet repair becomes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 So, one day you just happen to have these two anvil halfs sitting around, and you're always out of duct tape when you need it worst..... Wow. Works or not, I'd love that thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Frog Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 They didn't have JB Weld back then I guess..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I've got the base to a PW, (at least Postman thinks it was a PW), weight stamped so it once was a complete anvil. Heavily mushroomed so the base was used a lot as an anvil *after* it parted ways with the top, anyway if anyone has a top half they would like to give me to do such a repair... I saw a horn prosthesis at QS once: a ring that fit around the horn with straps going to a crossbar under the heel, the ends of the straps rounded and threaded to hold the broken off horn back on....wish I could have gotten it for my abused anvil display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozenforge Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 A good example of make it work attitude in blacksmithing! If the straps were heated with the rivets the shrinkage when everything cooled would make it very tight. The look is really cool, A steampunk anvil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmweld Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share Posted July 30, 2014 It was listed as 98kg so around 220#. He still wanted AU$780 for it so at $4/lb I thought I would give it a miss. On a slightly different note, I've been to a few auctions and clearing sales lately and $4/lb seems to be the lowest anything anvil shaped goes for, and by anvil shaped I mean well worn, sway backed, chipped edges, hollow cutting deck, chiseled and punched sides, etc. Anything that is slightly decent starts at this price and rapidly moves on up through the stratosphere. The other thing in demand is swage blocks, very few come up and high prices when they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Math makes it come to about $3.30 American. A little high, but not crazy if the darn thing works. Could probably talk him down a bit......I understand it's got some kind of condition issues....... :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 buy a chunk of scrap steel at US20 cents a pound use it as an anvil and laugh all the way to the bank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 good morning all I'm curious, how does one go about breaking an anvil in such a fashion? It is a very elegant repair. -grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Traditionally made anvils were generally forge welded at that point, Bad weld most likely that didn't show up until after some use propagated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knots Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Traditionally made anvils were generally forge welded at that point, Bad weld most likely that didn't show up until after some use propagated it. Or a ships anvil, artfully remounted on it's original base. I have seen a number of anvils cut at the waist for use on sea going ships. I gather that they were welded to some part of the ships superstructure . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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